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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Opportunities and Calls for Art

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I Love Atlanta at WonderRoot Community Arts Center - Deadline May 23, 2009:

WonderRoot is seeking submissions for an I Love Atlanta themed art show tocelebrate the one-year anniversary of the WonderRoot Community ArtsCenter. Artwork should comment on your love for Atlanta. Submissiondeadline is Saturday, May 23. Show will run May 30-June 27. Please emailkristy@wonderroot.org for details.

Call for film submissions at WonderRoot TV - Deadline May 24, 2009:

WonderRoot TV is a monthly show compiling video and film work by Atlantaartists. The project includes short films, animations, documentary work,and features of local artists/musicians. Each new episode, producedmonthly, will air weekly on People TV after a screening at WonderRoot. Wewill be accepting submissions for June's episode through May 24th.Submissions can be dropped of at WonderRoot during regular hours or byemailing a QuickTime file to Kristy@wonderroot.org

Hollingsworth Gallery presents the group thematicexhibition, Southern Exposure. The exhibition will beheld at the Hollingsworth Gallery from June 13 – July5th, 2009. This exhibition is open to all southern artistswho would like to express their heritage, environment,ideals, and issues concerning the south. Deadline forsubmissions is May 25th, 2009.All artists from the realist to the abstract and conceptualwill be reviewed and considered.

ELIGIBILITY:Southern Exposure is open to all artists, working in any media, residingin Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina,North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia.Maximum height of work is 84 inches, maximum width is 144 inches.Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to apply.

ARTIST WRITTEN MATERIALS:Artists are required to send in an Artist Statement explaining the content,subject matter, and process of work. Artists are also asked to submit agallery resume and biography. With Images, include an Image List:number slides or prints and list title, medium, dimensions, and artistprice below.

IMAGE PRESENTATION:Artwork submitted may be represented by prints up to 8.5" x 11", digitalimages on CD, 35mm slides, or by email entry.Prints: Prints of work (digital or photographic) may be up to 8.5" x11" but must be accompanied by digital images. Artist name, title,size, media and price should be on the front or back of the print. Ifyou want your prints returned, be sure to follow the return ofmaterials guidelines below.Southern Exposure

HOLLINGSWORTH GALLERY 160 Cypress PT. Pkwy Suite 210 B, Palm Coast, FL 32137Digital files: Digital image files may be submitted on CD or DVD .Images should be in PSD or JPG format. No files larger than 15MBplease. Reference prints must be included. Reference prints may beany size individual prints up to 8.5" x 11" (label as for prints above)or may be a single sheet with multiple prints representing the imageson the disc. If submitting a single sheet , next to each image write theartist, title, media and dimensions. If you submit digital files withoutreference prints, your files may not be properly viewed.Email entry: Digital files sent via email should be in JPG format, 72dpi and no larger than 12" in any dimension. Send the images and theentry form image list information in a single zip file as an emailattachment. Include “Southern Exposure” in the subject line of youremail. Refer to the image presentation page for details.Slides: Slides should be 35mm. On each slide write the image listnumber and artists name, title of work, media and dimensions.Indicate top of work. Do not send glass slides, glass slides are almostalways crushed in the mail.

RETURN OF MATERIALS:A self-addressed-stamped-envelope (SASE) must be included withsufficient postage for the return of submission materials. Artists outsidethe US who cannot obtain US stamps may add return postage cost to theentry fee at a rate of $1.00US per ounce of mail. Materials submittedwithout SASE and return postage will be discarded. To make sure youhave adequate postage, weigh portfolio materials and both envelopes inadvance.

NOTIFICATION:Artists will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance no later thanMay 26th, 2009. Notification will be made via email or mail with thereturn of materials in the SASE provided by the artist. All artists whoprovide a working email address will be notified via email, if no emailor return envelope is provided, artists will only be notified if accepted toexhibit.Southern ExposureHOLLINGSWORTH GALLERY 160 Cypress PT. Pkwy Suite 210 B, Palm Coast, FL 32137

FEES:There is a $35.00 entry fee for 1-4 slides, prints or digital files. If youwish to include more than 4, please include $5.00 for each additional.Details of artwork count as additional. Artists accepted to exhibit willnot be charged additional fees of any kind. Please make check ormoney order payable to Hollingsworth Gallery Artists who wish topay by credit card may do so via PayPal HERE.

AWARD:One artist from Southern Exposure will be featured on the of thegallery’s homepage and will receive gallery representation and a soloshow.

For media inquiries: Cheryl Anderson Brown, Director of Public Relations,770-499-3417 or cbrown@kennesaw.edu

KENNESAW, Ga.—The College of the Arts at Kennesaw State University is seeking nominations for its annual Flourish Awards, which honor individuals and organizations in the community who support, promote or participate in the arts in Metropolitan Atlanta and Northwest Georgia. Nominees are sought in four categories: arts leader, arts educator, public/community servant, and nonprofit arts organization or arts company.

Nominations should be sent by e-mail to arts@kennesaw.edu or via fax to 678-797-2426 by

5 p.m. on May 29. The awards will be presented at the college’s annual fundraising luncheon on Sept. 1 at the Cobb Eergy Performing Arts Center. Nominators should include the following information in their nominations: name and contact information for the nominee and a brief justification of no more than 250 words.

To qualify for an award, individuals or organizations should be well known in the community, should be living or currently operating, must be from Georgia or residing or operating in Georgia and should have greatly enhanced a particular arts field or the arts in general.

The arts leader category is open to performers, artists, presenters, designers, directors, or administrators working in an arts-related field or for a program or organization that provides direct support to the arts or arts education.

The arts educator category is open to P-12 art, dance, music or theater teachers who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and who have created or significantly supported projects that link the arts to other areas of the curriculum and/or projects that enhance the community.

The public/community servant category is open to elected or appointed government officials, civil servants, volunteers and philanthropists.

The nonprofit organization/arts company category is open to an arts presenter or arts agency of any size that is well established in the community and that has a commitment to both quality arts programming and community outreach.

Nominations will be reviewed by a community committee. Award recipients will be notified in early August.

SlowExposures 2009 A Juried Exhibition Celebrating Photography of the Rural South - Deadline June 15, 2009:

Pike County GeorgiaSeptember 18-20 & 23-27

SlowExposures celebrates its seventh year as one of the premier juried photography exhibitions in the South. Held every year during the last two weeks in September, fine art photography by established and emerging artists captures the diversity, contradictions, and complexity of the rural South as it exists today.

EligibilityThis is a juried photography exhibition with two categories.• Southeast• West Central GeorgiaPhotographers are invited to submit up to four (4) entries in eachcategory. A panel of jurors will choose work from submittedentries on the basis of creative excellence and interpretation ofthe show’s theme. Pike Historic Preservation (PHP), Inc. reservesthe right to refuse to hang any work that differs markedlyfrom the slides/CDs or does not meet the jurors standards ofexcellence.

AwardsOver $2,000 in awards will be available. First, Second, and Thirdplace cash awards awarded by the jurors in addition to HonorableMention Ribbons. A People’s Choice Award will be presentedthe last day of the show.

Sale of ArtSales will be encouraged. Pike Historic Preservation, Inc. willhandle all sales and collect a 30% commission on all artwork soldas a result of this exhibition. All artwork for sale must be pricedby the artist and so stated on the application form. Please be sureto include the 30% commission for PHP, Inc. in your price. The7% sales tax will be added at the point of sale.

2009 JurorsAnnette Cone-Skelton is the co-founder and director of theMuseum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) as wellas an accomplished artist in her own right, best known for herwork in abstraction. She has pieces in the permanent collectionsof more than 10 national museums including the High Museumof Art. She is a graduate of the Atlanta College of Art (BFA)and is a Ford Foundation Scholar. As native of LaGrange, GAMs. Cone-Skelton brings her own southern roots and her distinguishedcareer in collecting, documenting and supporting fine artto SlowExposures 2009.

Tim Barnwell is a photographer based in Asheville, NorthCarolina. His career has spanned 25 years as both photographerand instructor, including eight years as Executive Director of theAppalachian Photographic Workshops (1980-1988). His work isin the permanent collections of national museums, including TheMetropolitan Museum, The New Orleans Museum of Art, andThe High Museum. He has published two books of his evocativeimages of the Appalachians including “The Face of Appalachia”and “On Earth’s Furrowed Brow”. Tim will be leadingthis year’s Photography Workshop on Landscape Photography atTowerhouse Farm.

How to EnterPlease complete entry form. A nonrefundable fee of $30.00 (upto 4 images) per category must accompany all entries. Fee ispayable to Pike Historic Preservation.Photographers may submit up to four (4) images in each of thetwo categories, Southeast and West Central Georgia. All workmust be original and have been produced within the last 4 years.Images entered in the West Central Georgia category must havebeen taken within eligible county boundaries of: Pike, Bibb,Coweta, Crawford, Harris, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe,Muscogee, Spalding, Talbot, Taylor, Troup and Upson.

Photographs may be color or black and white using traditional ordigital or elements of both processes. All entries must be on 35mm slides or CD. All CD images must be JPEG files no largerthat 2.0 MB in file size. The longest dimension may not exceed800 pixels. All entries must be marked as follows: Category-Photographer Name-Title. (Example: WCG-John Doe-TheSouth) In addition, slides must be marked as to front and top forproper slide tray viewing.

Run Dates: Friday, September 19 - Sunday November 8, 2009Curator: Allie GoolrickFeaturing All Things Considered, a Kathryn Refi project, an installation by Melinda Eckley and collage works by Melissa Ho.

ATHICA: Athens Institute of Contemporary Art seeks works that address the embattled print industry as well as broadcast, radio, web and other forms of newsmedia--especially those that take into account modern-day journalism's current state of crisis and transition. We also invite works that investigate the emerging realm of new and interactive media, citizen journalism, online news and media globalization. Multimedia, interactive, free-standing and sound/space installations are encouraged, as well works using traditional media.

Gallery RFD also acts as the curating agent for several other exhibition venues. Currently we are accepting proposals for the following spaces:

114 W. Main Restaurant 114 W. Main is the premier restaurant in downtown Swainsboro. It is a regular stop for many local patrons and tourists alike.114 is also a participating venue on the Second Saturday Art Stroll. Interested parties should email 5 Low Resolution jpegs to: galleryrfd@gmail.com, Subject Title: 114 Proposal

EA Gallery Located in the heart of downtown Lyons, GA, EA Gallery is a true gem of the South. As part of Elements Bistro, AE Gallery compliments this fine dining establishment with an equally beautiful art viewing space. Gallery RFD and EA Gallery are accepting proposals for group and solo exhibitions. Interested parties should email 5 Low Resolution jpegs to: galleryrfd@gmail.org, Subject Title: Elements Proposal.

Atlanta artists are invited to visit 101 and create drawings and works on paper. Paper and other materials are provided. Selected drawings will be collected in folios and shown at galleries and museums worldwide (list forming).